WEBVTT
IOWA, THIS IS IOWA'S
NEWS LEADER.
THIS IS KCCI 8 NEWS AT
5:00.
STEVE: DONALD TRUMP IS PREPARED
TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE HIS
NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
TONIGHT.
RETIRED GENERAL JAMES MATTIS
WILL JOIN THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IN
NORTH CAROLINA ANOTHER STOP ON
TRUMP'S THANK YOU TOUR.
STACEY: THIS COMES AS TRUMP
TAKES TO TWITTER TO CRITICIZE
AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER BOEING.
KCCI'S AIXA DIAZ IS LIVE IN
WASHINGTON.
AIXA, WHAT IS HE SAYIN
AIXA DONALD TRUMP CALLED THIS
BOEING CONTRACT TO BUILD NEW
PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT
RIDICULOUS, AND SAYS THE ORDER
SHOULD BE CANCELED
DONALD TRUMP IS SOUNDING OFF
ABOUT AIRCRAFT COMPANY BOEING.
MR. TRUMP: WE WANT BOEING TO
MAKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT NOT
THAT MUCH MONEY.
AIXA: EARLIER TODAY, TRUMP
TWEETED, "BOEING IS BUILDING A
BRAND NEW 747 AIR FORCE ONE FOR
FUTURE PRESIDENTS, BUT COSTS ARE
OUT OF CONTROL, MORE THAN $4
BILLION.
CANCEL ORDER."
THE COMPANY RESPONDED, SAYING
IT'S UNDER CONTRACT FOR $170
MILLION, AND IT LOOKS FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE AIR FORCE TO
DELIVER THE BEST PRESIDENTIAL
PLANES AT THE BEST VALUE FOR
TAXPAYERS.
>> DONALD TRUMP IS
UNPREDICTABLE, WE DON'T REALLY
KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO TWEET
ON, OR TALK ABOUT, OR HOW LONG
HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT
SOMETHING.
AIXA: TONIGHT, AT A THANK YOU
RALLY IN FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH
CAROLINA, THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
WILL FORMALLY INTRODUCE HIS
CHOICE FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE,
RETIRED MARINE GENERAL JAMES
MATTIS.
>> WE HAVEN'T HAD A FORMER
GENERAL SINCE GEORGE MARSHALL IN
WORLD WAR II SERVING IN THIS
SORT OF POSITION.
AIXA: MATTIS WOULD NEED A
CONGRESSIONAL WAIVER TO BE
CONSIDERED FOR CONFIRMATION
BECAUSE HE'S HASN'T BEEN RETIRED
FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS.
HE WAS MOST RECENTLY THE HEAD OF
U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, AND IS A
COMBAT VETERAN OF THE WARS IN
IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
TODAY, A TRUMP SPOKESMAN
REVEALED TRUMP SOLD ALL OF HIS
STOCKS BACK IN IN 2013, TRUMP

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Updated: 9:41 AM CST Dec 7, 2016

Donald Trump prepares to formally introduce his pick for Secretary of Defense tonight. Retired General James Mattis will join the president-elect in North Carolina, another stop in Trump's "Thank You Tour". This comes as Trump takes to Twitter to criticize aircraft manufacturer Boeing. Aixa Diaz reports from Washington.